Iranian boats attempted to seize British tanker

[Viçwamitra]

The British Heritage tanker was sailing out of the Persian Gulf and was crossing into the Strait of Hormuz area when it was approached by the Iranian boats. The Iranians ordered the tanker to change course and stop in nearby Iranian territorial waters, according to the officials. A US aircraft was overhead and recorded video of the incident.

The UK's Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose had been escorting the tanker from the rear. It trained its deck guns on the Iranians and gave them a verbal warning to back away, which they did. Montrose is equipped on the deck with 30 mm guns specifically designed to drive off small boats.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/10/politics/iran-attempted-seize-british-tanker/

[Viçwamitra]

Iranians are hitting raw nerves of a lot of countries now. instead of a false show of bravado they should wait for elections in US and buy as much time as they can. they already won PR battle in drone accident. this kind of stunts will only make their case weaker in public eyes as this is like putting gasoline on fire.